Global Mirror News gathered that 15 members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and six other abducted persons have been rescued from kidnappers operating in Egume Forest, Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State. The victims were rescued following a coordinated search-and-rescue operation involving the Police, Military, Department of State Services (DSS), Local vigilantes…
The Senate of Prince Abubakar Audu University (PAAU), Anyigba, Kogi State, has expelled six students over examination misconduct after they were found to have rewritten an examination at the private residence of their lecturer. The students, who were identified as 100-level students of the Department of Plant Science and Biotechnology, reportedly paid ₦10,000 each to…
What began as a sorrowful journey to transport the remains of a loved one for burial ended in a devastating tragedy on Thursday July 9 2026, as a baby and two other family members lost their lives in a fatal road accident in Lokoja, Kogi State. Global Mirror News gathered that the heartbreaking incident occurred…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced the mother and sister of slain terrorist leader Kachallah Ibrahim Battujo to 20 years imprisonment each after they pleaded guilty to terrorism-related offences. Global Mirror News gathered that the convicts, Safiya Salihu and Halima Abdullahi, were prosecuted following investigations by the Department of State Services (DSS) into…
A fresh wave of insecurity has struck Nigeria’s North-Central region after suspected gunmen reportedly killed two travellers and abducted about 30 others during a deadly attack on a passenger vehicle along a highway in Kogi State. The incident, which has heightened fears among road users, occurred when the armed attackers ambushed a commercial vehicle conveying…
The Kogi State Police Command has announced the deployment of a wide range of Police personnel and tactical units across the State as part of comprehensive security arrangements to ensure a peaceful and crime-free Christmas celebration. According to the Commissioner of Police (CP), Officers drawn from conventional Police Divisions, the Police Mobile Force (PMF), the…
Suspected gunmen on Tuesday evening carried out a deadly ambush along the Okene–Auchi Federal Highway, killing a serving Nigerian Army soldier and abducting 13 passengers from two commercial vehicles, heightening concerns over growing insecurity on major highways in the country. The attack occurred at about 5:35 p.m. along the busy highway linking Kogi and Edo…
